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1 . WI P2RIAL, 'PA.RLIAI\IENT. HOUSE OF •PEERS. SATURDAY; MAY 20. Tlit,r Royal 4ssent was given by Commission to fig public and private Bill, among which were the. Six Millions Exchequer Bills' Bill, the Newspaper Al.' 3uwauce Bill, 1.14 e Register of the Court of Chancery Superannuation Bill, the Clyde Navigation Bill, the Nova Scotia Trade Bill, the luland Navigation Bill, tg.c.--Adjourriecl to Thursday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. SATURDAY, MAY 20. Mr. ITtismssoN brought in a Bill for charging the Ele6.n Millions granted for the Loan of the year on ' the War Takes; a 13W to enable the Cointnissioners for the Redemption'of the National Debt to grant Life Annuities to. a greater amount ; a Bill to enable Dealers to roast their own Coffee; and also a Bill for the further Suspension of ,the linportation of Spirits between Great Britain and Ireland; all of which • were read a first, and ordered / to be read a second • time on Wecinesday.neNt. On the second leading. of the - Lottery Bill, -Mr. PaPeval.observed, that, his amendments fpr doing away the evils of the present system would •be pro . poied in the Cointnittee on - Weditesday.-=Adjourned to Wednesday.. • *.O We have stated so fully in our Report .of the Parlia. mentary PrOceedings, the grounds upon - which the Legisla 7 ttlie have thought. proper to allow of an additional Charge' of One Halfpenny on Newspapers, that we trust it is unnecessary for us to o&r any further observations upon the subject. Since the last rise in the price of Newspapers, which,took place twelve yoara ago, every article neees ary to the composition of a Newspaper has risen to an unprecedented extent. Paper has 'increased in price above iv per cent. y y Sq per cent.. Printing ink between 3o and 40 per cent. - &c. ice. Sec. Tinder these circumstances the additional Charge of One Halfpenny will not place the PrOpli . .nors of Papers in so advantageous a situation as they tycre when the last arrangement took place in t 797. , We Itolce therefore that our Readers will admit that .we are fully jtistilied in availing ourselves, in common with the proprietors of oilier Papers, of the pertnislion granted by the pill which received the Royal Assent on Saturday l to : raise the yrire of Tits to,Sixpenceltillpenriy. MAILS. Ait It TVEn--, Gottenburgit, 4 Malta, 2 Dublin, Watcrford. i Wiitefforck. N• N •OLU4 guts niosks VALIUI4 AUDSAT LONDON, Notan Av , xY , AINUSTMENT OF OUR DIFFERENCES wrra Amalciv 'We feel the tAllast eiaLere satiatatlio4 in being Ole to assure our iteader-, that the diff'erencei which have for some time tanf4)rtunate)y 'between tiii6 Country and America are ttt length pi ily adjusted. Government have received"Dia. vatches Iron) Mr. ERSKINU, stating, that from the loth day of Juno next', the Embargo and Noti•inteli- COM! Aa will, as far as respaits► Great Alit*, b 9 repeated, and that conmeicial intercourse be. tween . 111 e 040 countries will from Opt day be re. newed. The fulluNini i,4 tly.t PreylatnAtiop issued by the rtesident of the Ualied States upon this stAbj.:6l:—. " Whereas it is provided by the Eleventh Section of the .4a, of Congress, entitled an Act to interdict the Commercial intercaur;© betweeq the Utiited States of Arnerio and Great Britain, and'France and their dependencies, and for other prposes, that in case either Frarice or Great 13ritain -shall, so revoke or Trtadify bet. .alas as that they shall cease to violate the Neutral• Cohimerce of the United. States, The President is authorised to declare the same by proclamation. Alter which the Trade sus- pended by the said Act,, and by the Mt laying an Embargo ott all ships and vessels in the Ports. ehd, liarhours of the United States, and the several aCts supplathenittry.thereto, may be renewed with the Nation so doing. Ana whereas the fionanr- able Dorn 111OprAour. Mumble, bis Britannic Majesty's glivoy Extraordinary and Minister Field potentinry, has by t 1 order ancl'in thenante of his povireitn. declare 4 to this Government, that the, British Orde.r. ic7 COPIICiIi of January and Novem. 'her, 1807, :11 /4 ave Liten withdeawn, as far AS re-, ;pets the (Jotted St:tteE, on the !Dal of June next; NQW, therefore, .1 ..TAmus MADDisoN, President of the pnited States, do hereby proclaim, that the Order:, in Council aforesaid will have been with- drawn on the said J oth of 4.lne next, after - which day the !rad? of tlle United States with Great Britain, 9 .qtispencloci by the Ael of Congress aboye-tnentipiked, Ana an Apt laying an Eta- 4Argo on Si! Ships and Vasels in the, Poets and 7 .;ariAms or titz LTAltta Stales, rind - the surer , l AEh cupp:etneutary thereto, niay)e rc - iiwc - ci• • " Given under my haw]; &c. this 19 , 11 April, 1809. ' c JAMS :\IAL.:DIEON,' " .R. S:•:11'11, Sec. of Suite." DAspatches were tins morning received at the Admiralty, from Admiral. COCHEAME, which state; .that on !ha night of the ith of April, - the three French Line of Battle-ships, hich took shelter in the Harbour of the Stunte3, tnado,a dash through brie of the Passages, while the Frigates rat) throu. , ,h the other. 04 ships immediately pursued them, and on the lath, in the morning, under Porto Rico, his Ma- jesty's ship Pomp& came up with the liautpouli; a new ,74, and. after a severe aaion obliged bet to strike. The Pompc'e had 7 killed, and 29 wounded ; the Hautpuat bad between 80 Ana 90 killed and wound ed. ''tae two other French Ships were pursued by two 01 our Scoladroll through tl;e Mona Vassa4e. We flatter ourselves tii.:t we shall scion have to announce to our Readers a Naial ViEtory in the Mediterranean., On .the :;sth of last month, live sail of the line, two frigates, and 30 transports sailed from Toulon, for the relief of Barcelona. in telligence of their sailing was immediately commu, nicatvd to 'Lord CoLLINGWOOD; who proceeded in search of them, and there is every reason to hope that he will intercept them on their return to Tou lon. We have recoi7ed Dutch Papers to the 17th, and French Papeis to tlie 14111, from which we have made very copious extracts. The intelligence, how ever, which they contain, - is so vague, confused, and even contradictory, _that it is almost impossible to speak with any thing like precision. If we are to credit the Fieueh accounts given in the sth and fith Bulletins, the Austrians are flying, panic-strnek, in every direction, their numbers only adding to their contusion. An army of 35,00 Austrians, are said to have beeh so totaly routed by a corps of 7000 French, that the killed and wounded, on the part of the Austrians, amounted to near double the num- . her of the whole French Artny To such state 'Dente as these, it is hardly necessary to say we do not give any credit; but, on the other hand, we do - pot find in these Paper; any confirmation of the re ported Vietories of the Austrians. ,The French con tinue' to advance'iowards :Vienna, apparently with out interruption. the , head-luarters were . tit St. Polten on the Bth. We fear there is •no Austrian to) cc between them 'and Vienna sufficiently strong to impede their progress to that city. General nest's force, as far as we can judge frOm the very; tuperfect details given in the Austrian - Rulletina, Was nearly in the, roar of the French, and he ap peared to be marching, with a view either to form: a junction with, or to co.operate with the . Archduke CHARLu,',Who certainly had marched in the direc- . tion of Lintz with a portion of his Arai). The accounts from . the North of Gerniany fully confirm the details which we wore ena r • bled to lay before our Readers' on Saturday. A spirit of resi itance to the French seems to be spread ing in every direction. Col. \rob! Spilt, who com menced his career with a force of only a few Inin. dred lie sinus, ifiAow stated to be .nt the head of 40,000 men. The oth s Dutch regiment, which VV3B composed principally of Prussians,' who had been forced into the Dutch' service, 'went Over i,n .A 144 to ColonOl Scum, The Altonu Mercury states, that LisktrtAnorT4 arrived at Frankfort on the 4th of May. If this account were true, we should suppose that his return was occasioned by the regress of Col. Scutt.. Other accounts however state that he had entered Egra. It does not appear that the Ittissjamt have taken pat t in the war against AuStria. 1311 ONAP4RTE, , finding perhaps, 'that he has ., more employment for his Army in Austria than ho ex- pedted, has Made dproposal to the Supt•citti,l junta of Spain, of a m u st - itisiclions nature. After de luging Spain with blood far a twelvemonth, he now atieds to feel the uttnost' regret for the sacrifice of human lives, 'and has endeavoured - to draw the , Junta into a delusive Negotiation. 1:110 answer gives) by the Junta to this proposal, doe( them the hip est honour. It: is moldy, firm, and -temperate; and shews that they pie neither to be sediaced - by the artifices, nor intimidated by the : menaces- of the Usurper.--- . l.3noNitrsitte's proposition, and the an swer of thoe l funta, will be found its a subsequent • Column. • By.a letter from I‘l;trtinique, dated March 2.6, we learn, that " ai (. uadaloupe the Standard of ti e . "" bullion bad been raised, agktin4 the C9nstituted Atitherities, under' which - all Ciatises 'and Culota ‘c hOe united for tbc. purpose of overturning tho Governrner4, and displacing Erriod: vio 'lance has, as yet beet) coonnitted, but many' wornen and ebildien have taken ,reteg e at Ma; riel;l4nte, as a place est better sucurtiit Au' the :r event of any SCI4/113 NAViL N, EW S. Lt. 'Tar, MAY rivl in the ;Itoatis the .a,) • ainish sloop Pruvo.",hce,, pii 4 c, to ate 'Tc:but sloop mot s . of War. In the end of last week, a Danish privateer pulled up, with 18 sweeps,Lajonside.`...tiatt-revenue-tetter .brig Usrigiiiurgla, Capt. Dowse, then becalmed about five leag ues Off the Tod-head • .but finding his take by an unexpeaed,saluto .of a gun` from the . osnaburgh, immediately struck.. The privateer is a small Cutter, called the Mara; mounting jtu'a car riage guns, with a cornplemc•nt of 28 men; had made po capture, and sailed from Norway in com pany-with another privateer of the like description, Which is probably now on the coast, and it is to be hoped, will not long escape. the vigilance of our cruisers, DOVER, MAY, 2i, .—The Trompense yesterday picked up a cask of Bulletins, which a boat from Boulogne threw overboard. We are fearful. the French have gained some new viclory, The following transports have come into the Roads, for the purpose of receiving the 95th llitie, and 42d Regiments; viz. Osborn, Leader, Laza,'ll, lata, Britannia, 'Furtunc, and Enterprize. Passed by for Loudon, the Gneral 41.1rancia, Copt. Olin, from j:ltTlait:3. PLYMOUTH, MAY :.?.0.---ArliVed the Piteeba fri gate, from Milford, with the new 74 of thzit name, lately launched there, the latter ship wow up the harbour immediately ; the Union, 1 - 1 ; and Sis ters, FARRAN, from Swansea ; and Bthry, BY WA - 3:,8a, from Sunderland. • " up the harbour the IVonarch,. of 74. r • Arrived the ship Rose, Capt. BRowN,,, from Ja maica, laden, with coffee and sugar, boundlo Lon don, put in here by contrary winds, was captured on the 14th July' la6t, by a Spanish Pr'ivriteer, and carried into Camerinusliay, which place was then in possession of therrenoli ; she was cut out about two months since froM thence, by the tots of his Majesty's ship, Endynzion, which ship in Cpa n with a Spanish force, that had arriied off thatplace; soon after re-captured it ; (be Rose touched at Vi g o, j eaile4 thence the 6th inst. Sailed the Plice' nix, We . :ford, Preston, Ann, Serpt Coale, and Diana Eati ladiamen ; Rate Whaler, and the l ihiart, from . Desolation, for the Ricer, under convoy of his Majesty's ship Grans pus; the Ranger revenue cutter, Capt. FitAZER ; and the Cormorant revenue cotter, Qapt. HamtLii, for the )owns; the Tholepin hired armed ship, with a 'convoy to the eestward•; and the French iumberg, from . Guadeloupe, bound to Bourdeaux, laden with coffee and sugar, captured by his Majes-.: ty's ship Virginia, for the River. • ' Arriver thu Lucifer bomb from, Malta and Gibral ter—she brought a messenger,. with dispatches for Government ; the trader Broonitum, from Bristol ; the brig Flora, ROCINSON, from Lancaster, ladep with . rutu, far the Vidualling' Office at this port ; and the-Portuguese brig Peisenzento Felix, Faascrs co MARTINICO MAGALY Masttr, from the Brazils, laden with cotton; bound to liriotol, .detained , by ' his Majesty's ship Eudymion: Sailed the Fervent gun-brig, Lieutenant ITAIIE, for LisbetL Arrived and sailed again the Gibraltardiero, Va. liant, and Illustrious; of 74 guns each s and 31int,r -v; frigate. . Arrived the 4nna hired brig, from the westward Lletsety Gaines and Edwin tenders; from the uelq, ward. , Sailed the . Parthian, sloop of war, with a Turkishs Plvoy, apd suite on board, tor Constantinople : • the Favourite cutter on cruize Peacock sloop of war tothe westwaed.., The first regiment of Lancashire militia, have received orders to march in four fOr Brts. to], on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, andThut day next. Sailed the Amethyst frigate, on a eruize ; and the Statira iligate, to the westward. 1. Arrived the Endyrnion frigate frOm the westward. She has brought in a Portuguese Brig from the Bra zils, taken out of the Bay of Muros, in great •dis 'tress, to prevent :her falling into the hands of the French', who tvere 'hi force in' that quarter, Merin!) , 'laying the ;pantry waste ‘viih tire and word. • PENZANCIi; M , Arl9,—,:krrived - - the Plover SlOop of NVar ; spoke on Tuesday last a Spanish-,Ship fre.nn Corunna, who report:34lldt ; the Spaniards had driven the French out of the Town, and taken possession of it themselves; likewise spoke several ships from Bounteous,' where it was strongly reported that Sir A. Wgl4.4tiit.EY had defeated SOULT. PORTSMOUTH, MAY wt.—Arrived his Nlajesty's slijp3 Sabrina and Jamaica from the Straits; .alsa his Majesty's ship Little Belt from Halifax ; his Ma jesty's ship Chant/non from Spain; and Fame, '4'.notaAs, from Lisbon. Sailed 11:ikt , lajesty's ship Racoon with a, convoy fur Puck. SPANISH I',IPEI S. SEvILLR, APRIL 24.—The enemy hiS sent from Merida to our Captain-General Don_ Gregorio de hi Cuesta, and the Junta Superior of Estremadura, a disl patch, which was immediately transmitted to the Supreme Junta of the Kingdom.lt inclosed the fd 4owing letteraddlgrealii the Vice-President and the Junta. Attending to thoie principles'olcandoUr and good faith to which it has always adhered, and which especially it would not abandon on an . occasion of so much debt* and impOrtance,' has assented to the publication of the dispatch, accompanied _ with the Royal Order, which was immediately communi-• Catect to General Cuesta, , in order that the whole may be submitted to the inspection of they Spanish people - _ " EXCELLENT SIGNOR, The,greater number of the Provinces of Spain, have sufficiently suffered from the horrible effects of war and conquest, and the rest are threatened with the same calamities. The melancholy events of the 27th and 28th of March, affecnne, the al-titles . of Generals Urbiho ,and Cuesta, have filled With en — stet-nation and alerm those honourab,le Spaniards %do cannot contemplate without thisanost poignant bleu the utter desolation of ourilelosied—conntm — 'Dm° persons have implored the Kiog to alleviate' the di.- f' tresses of such of the Provinces as are occupied by the French troops, and to avoid them in those which are not yet in their possession, His Alaiesly has at tendedto their prayers, and in conicqueece 145 or dered me to repir wt h is city to announce his Corn pliance to your Excellency; authorisieg me at the sa'rrie time to consult the best means of• lunatic!, his wishes with such .Deputy or Deputies as the- s ' l * pretllo Central Junta shall think fit to appoint. " I cannot suppose that either your‘Excellenci -or-the Central Junta will refuse to take this step, which the salvation' of Andalusia and the happiness of the .wh9le kingdoth depends. Thu ,bosiperis most Important in its character, and most urgent the, presentcircumstances, and ©n that aecouni - it ,vtoOld be improper. that it should be conductqd.in. writiug,which is iiiiely to occasio... so rimy disputes, irte&ati:tes and .doe.tits, and ‘vitieli• may be ovoid` id completely' by personal contCrence. Ott this ground I hope, final your honour end pattielis l "' and from that of the Junta, that you will name such pencil) or persons. to enter on the co;lieren.ce me, with whotn I 'will agree as to the placer of kites v;ew. Gut preserve you, Bre, JOAQUIM MARIA SOTELO. " nth April, 18.9. 4, his Excellehey Vi‘e-Pressitle,nt of the Supreme Cci:tral • ANSWER. • EXCELLEUT SIQN(I, A " Oa . the receipt of the letter written by Joaquitn Maria . Sutclo to the Vice-President and the incidi°us Propositions on the part of the French Go vernment therein contained, the.. Supreme Central Junta has not forgotten t - he sacred characte r with which it is invested, and the soleiun o aths, itha taken in concurtence with the wishes of the -Whole Spanish nation. If Smelt) t bearer' of pOwer s . sufficiently exte,sil'V to treat for the restitution o f ourbeloved .King, And tar the evaetra lion of °Or ie.. ritury by the French troops insinriily;' 41; him pUbIiSII them in. the usual form adope.t by States, and they , will be announced to our likes. The Junta cannot neglect the employment of the powers conceded to the public will, but they have no authority . to listen tO any ltraty, or" icruinate any transactiott Which i3 , 130,1fi1111140 on the baiia of eternal justice. Any other principle of negotiation, without benefit ing the Empire, ‘iould only tend to degracle flies Junta, which has entered ir.:() ibe olo4t awful en gagenient to : bring. itself beneato Cie ruins of the Monarchy, rather than fond itself to any proPo' ilicu wlisch shall tiiminish . the hotio'ii aild'indepo dell" of the Spanish people. I . lis 2tliijcsty desires that your ExcellencyN. , ,,ould state theie sentinie nts tc ' d Soteli; „DO by the. ropi .order conimun icat , ,thent to your Excellency ibr ycur instruction and CO CV pliance.. God preserve you. (Signed) "Aunti p 2 qAHNV., " Real Alc.tvlr of Serino. 1 .• To Don Gte e ,uizo (ft!. la Cu. sta." , • • , • to 1 he latest accounts from Perlin tend' effeannq remove ail the apprehensions which flat been en tertained ilt the prevalence of I:rent:h. influence to that Country. Sir Ilmtrotto Jolves, cur Andms s3. dor to ispahan, l has •scnt•Uon.: di:pinches, stating, that on his arrival in .th l e •at flltshire, in 111 ' : ,- 11 -erY 3 n crulph, early in October, he stli S :recenc J with great ttvonr. The Empernr, in answer to al express nottlying the arrival of S'r liaakoan, ba cll.:sited him to proceed, and contributions had been i : priae, during his progress, to defray the.arn ce v i; crinveying,hitn,bis Suite ? and the presents be tea ' With hitn.—The French, as/ we have beforr4 514 1 had taken possession- of the island rof Caracr had begun to take surveys Of the roads, to err. regular fortification, and a founder) , fue making co" non ; bat on the - representatcons of Sir HA tik°" e ; JO . zras, they were r::;(lticed to their original tinsi b .,, • for mounting guard, and the English appear tebe high favour at the Persian Ottatt. Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, the,' Dn& °I CAmantpos, erincesses AUGUSTA and S oFH IA. jct . , companied li l y Ladies CAROLINEAVALORGRAVI , " IF GROSVRI.4OIt, and Generals GARTH and STrVE. I44 ' . rude to 4t. George's .Chauel, and heard a s errnsil preached by the 114 r. Dr: }I A itq a party afterwards iiode heck to the Palace.. Two r"-:ltlejltiorl , ; :ire in preparation ; one ° I three or iutir thoniand tßops, with a strong force, to by Piiiploved near liorue`t the other, 0 1.0. 0 000 ruen, is drstined' for the Nlediterronenn•: ...On Saturday the Trans Port Board gave notide, that they are ready to enta:e TratiSpoits tOr 0) 1 '1 months certain, at 255. per tun •per month, sheathe" or not ;- the tessels to be at I)eptiord on or befor d Saturday next. Transports have been sent from Lisbon, la tha t. . purpoie or thither the 4011) present Et' TLe 4.6t1i arid dist regilneW . likewise ordered, from Gibraltar, to retitforte army in Portugal, and were dailxeXpected in 1 7 Tages of the departure of the late:t , Dr. THACKPRAY, of CfleStet, /las ji the gold medal of the SocietY ut arts , In ' planted Grutr i ouo treeSt,. eo:r 130 ') the coursties 01 Detibigli and Maltr.:::ta,